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Keith Nuthall

Biography

Keith Nuthall is an experienced journalist specialising in international organisations, law and regulation, especially the European Union and the World Trade Organisation. He has written extensively on EU support for the food sector – notably on the Common Agricultural Policy, EU labelling and packaging rules, the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture, related WTO disputes, the European Food Safety Authority, and bilateral or multilateral trade agreements impacting the food sector.

He is the founder and director of International News Services Ltd, a global news agency supplying specialist publications with foreign news and features, including on emerging markets.

The European Commission has released a draft list of products that could be subject to retaliatory EU safeguard duties, as a response to the erection of US import duties on aluminium and steel imports.

The European Commission today (7 March) put the US food manufacturing industry on notice it is prepared to impose safeguard duties on American food and drink exports, should President Donald Trump go ahead with his threat to saddle steel and aluminium imports with heavy tariffs.

The EU and China's latest round of talks on geographical indications has seen the two sides set out the names of 100 traditional food and drink items manufacturers not based in historic production regions nor following standardised production techniques would be prevented from marketing.

What impact could the 3D printing of food have on the sector? It's one of the most-discussed issues among product developers. While there are chefs experimenting with using 3D printing to customise dishes or add some automation to their kitchens, some of the food industry's packaged food giants are also looking closely at the technology. Mandy Kovacs, Poorna Rodrigo, Kitty So and Kathryn Wortley report.